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Key to school improvement: reading, writing, arithmetic……. and character?

OSU researchers say the key to school improvement is to spend some time, only about an hour a week, away from traditional education like reading, writing and math classes, to focus on building social, emotional and character skills.

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High To Moderate Levels Of Stress Lead To Higher Mortality Rate

This is the first study to show a direct link between stress trajectories and mortality in an aging population.

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Preschool-Age Kids In Different Countries Improve Academically Using Self-Regulation Game

Children who regularly participated in a Simon Says-type game designed to improve self-regulation – called the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task – may have better math and early literacy scores.

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Alumni HDFS

Sharing the Spotlight

Athlete and scholar Krista Stengl was inspired by her professor and mentor Kate MacTavish. “She’s passionate about what she teaches and she cares about students.”

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Parents aren’t the only ones losing sleep from marital issues.

Couples having marital difficulties may have infants who are losing sleep, according to a new study – and that may have a continuing impact on the children.

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Crossing cultural boundaries with play

‘Life changing’ is not too strong a descriptor for Study Abroad Taiwan Fall 2010.